Five o'clock on an October Saturday afternoon. I'm in front of a GS 25 convenience store to my right and Joe's Acoustics to my left. I play the main guitar for our famous band, D.C.M.C., and waiting for our bassist, Lucky. We have a gig at 6, so I want to get there as soon as possible. I am wearing a black hat and some performance clothes, with my guitar in a case on my right hand. I look around the street looking for Lucky. Nowhere in sight. I sigh, and then shift my guitar case from hand to hand before finally setting my back onto a wall. I raise my left arm to lower my sleeve and check my watch. Almost 5. I reach into my right pocket with my left hand and take out my cellphone. I lower my case and commence texting Lucky and asking where he is. I look up, sigh, and then slide down the wall until i was sitting down. I take off my hat and twirl it around my fingers, and then toss the hat ahead of me, with the opening on top. I look around, and think about playing my guitar. I take the case to my right and swat a fly off the top, then I open the hatches, take out the guitar, and start tuning my instrument. After that, I start playing a tune for no one in particular. A man walks by and i stare at his feet. He throws a coin in my hat, and squint my eyes in disbelief. The dude thought I was a street performer! Me! I put down my guitar and retrieve my hat. I reach inside the hat, pick up the coin, and being to throw it down the street, but stop, and look at the coin: a shiny 500 won! Wow! That's more than beggars make a day! I raise my eyebrows in content, and thought maybe I should make more cash this way. I go back to my little space, pick up my guitar, and start to play. I look up, and there's a crowd of people surrounding me! I stand up abruptly and play for everyone, while looking down on my guitar and at times looking up at the crowd. I finish my song a few seconds later and take a bow for the audience. I wave at everyone, sit back down, quickly pack up my guitar and look at my hat. It was chock-full of coins! I struggle to lift it up. I decide to go to the convenience store and buy some ice cream while i wait. I come back with a popsicle in my mouth and feel a vibration from my cell. I take it out and it was from Lucky. He says he was in the area. I look up, spot him, and call him over. As he comes I greet him with a fake-slap and give him some ice cream. I pack up my stuff and we walk towards our destination.
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